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Where does “lȏm” come from?

lȏm (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic lomъ, from Proto-Slavic lomiti, from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- — broken; weak, broken, soft.

lȏm (Serbo-Croatian): breakage

Definitions

  1. breakage

Ancestry of “lȏm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slaviclomъcrowbar; fracture, breakage
2Proto-Slaviclomitito break
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

Words derived from “lȏm”

  • lomljava
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃lemH- →